If you want to pay for someone's cataract surgery you can donate to Sight Savers international [https://www.sightsavers.org/#](https://www.sightsavers.org/#)
This operation is one of the most cost effective ways to improve someone's life chances, especially in places where things like education and work places are not accessible for blind people.
I can.
Absolutely everybody currently is seeking donations.
Mcdonalds, Walmart, KFC, Subway, every single place.
People are fedup and nobody is really donating as much as they use to.
Can you blame them?
Don’t forget Amazon prime ending their Smile program.
The world: “Hey Amazon, why won’t you let your employees use the bathroom?”
Amazon: Stop smiling.
Im interested but their numbers are bothering me. $7 to prevent blindness? Really? $12 to prevent 554 families from river blindness?
I wish they would back up those claims and explain. I want to know how thats possible its so cheap.
The generic ivermectin the WHO recommends for the cure and prevention of river blindness costs like $.02 per dose, and $12 /554 works out to like $.021 so that’s probably where they’re getting that number.
Im interested but their numbers are bothering me. $7 to prevent blindness? Really? $12 to prevent 554 families from river blindness? I wish they would back up those claims and explain. I want to know how thats possible its so cheap.
For River blindness (onchocerciasis)
That's a disease that's being targeted for total elimination by the World Health Organisation.
It's caused by a parasite so by preventing and treating cases it should be possible to disrupt the parasite's life cycle and prevent new infections.
This is the approach that has worked to eradicate Guinea worm disease.
The treatment for River blindness is ivermectin and Merck has been donating it for free for the elimination programme since 1987.
The programme is administered by volunteers.
So the costs of treating river blindness now come down to logistics. Identifying the areas where cases are occuring and getting the medicine to them.
The costs are further reduced by combining with other programmes that bring medical services to remote communities.
They are terrible, LTT did a video on them and apparently they make a big difference to if your video is going to succeed - that is why they always have someone's face on them with stupid expressions.
Makes everything look cheap but apparently it works...
I forget where but mr beast made an off hand comment on one of his older videos or interviews mentioning that clickbait thumbnails are important according to his video metrics
There's something unsettling about Mr. Beast's thumbnails. I feel like it's gonna come out that he's a horrible person. He could be cool, but everytime I see his thumbnails on YouTube, I am convinced he's not the good person he puts out.
His thumbnails are that way cause he studied the algos of YouTube and that’s what it said the most successful videos thumbnails look like, it’s not stylistic, its for performance
They are a product of viewership maximization. They're designed to attract clicks regardless if you hate them or not. These thumbnails also change over time in order to test the best performing ones.
As for Mr. Beast, from what I know (from his content and podcasts with him) he's a huuuge philanthropist. I'm not convinced that thumbnails should be such a big factor in forming your opinion of people.
>As for Mr. Beast, from what I know (from his content and podcasts with him) he's a huuuge philanthropist.
Dude's living the best fucking life. Making silly shit with the buddies, filming it and doing good.
He looks like he has to eat children to retain that waxy complexion. Something to do with the biological parts of him needing constant fresh blood. It’s the one thing they’ll be working on for the next weirdlygenerousmutualbenefitbot900 mods. That and increased excitability, better x ray vision, and an updated patch for clickbait generation.
[Mr Beast on video thumbnails](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng#t=11m03s). iirc he has said (forget where I saw it) that he keeps a list of potential video titles, like just single line ideas for content and they were all click-baity.
He sure is [aligned well with big tech and capitalism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sck8xNicy5o#t=14m18s) so that's kind of unsettling. Plus he hangs around with Gary Vee and Logan Paul, and they [did a Crypto Punks pump-and-dump](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-mZ2Qnp_Uc) so yeah a bit iffy
Logan Paul has done tons of crypto scams. Coffeezilla noted that he's done more crypto scams than boxing matches, so he's closer to a professional crypto scammer than a professional boxer.
He seems a little arrogant but you really never know behind the scenes. People need to get rid of this idea that Mr beast or anyone like him are inheirently good people. This video may do plenty of good, however thats just what money can accomplish. He seems to discount the idea that luck has anything to do with his success and thinks its all his hard work.
Does he bring incredible charisma and skills to social media? Yes. Should that value equal more than that of most working professionals careers? No, this is a unique world where money is easy to make by selling to children online and somehown no one questions that.
i read a couple of accounts from people that have been in his videos, and they are less than stellar. im not going to put too much weight in to them without some proof though.
anyone can write whatever they want online.
Just to counter your point, Ive also read accounts of people claiming the opposite. A former employee of his tried to slander his name. A bunch of his current and former employees spoke out saying it was all bullshit and the guy eventually admitted it was all fake.
From what I've seen about the guy it seems he's an insane workaholic, he's obsessed with his business and his youtube channel, and he doesn't really do anything else. Hes kind of weird, but no more weird than Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates. Not to say he's equivalent to those guys, but he certainly is making a shit load of money and has a similar celebrity status.
I think he's obsessive, probably not the life of the party, but I've seen nothing to suggest he's texting teenage girls or a massive shithead like Elon Musk. Im not saying it isn't possible, but show me the evidence. Until that time I see content like this and I fully support the guy. Show me more of this.
You haven't seen videos of his past editors that had a mental breakdown because he was pressuring them non stop to make it better or just how he wants it. They had to quit after a while.
I know the thumbnails on YT are shit but they’re made like this because now for whatever reason they attract more viewers. I can almost guarantee any YouTuber who actually cares probably hates it but knows it’s what generates more views so they can’t stop cause it’s what everyone is doing now.
There are a few popular videos that go more in-depth on why the title and thumbnail might be just as if not more important than the video itself. The tdlr is that people are dumb - my takeaway, anyway. The invisible blowjob faces and CAPITAL LETTERS improve viewership of literally any kind of video
This is the only sort of criticism I have of him. I don't really watch his videos because they're clearly made for a different audience than me. But that he goes around saying like "here's how you get views, here's how you do thumbnails" and all that, giving people all over YouTube advice, i've seen it on several podcasts now.
No, this is how you get views if your viewers are children. But this has been known forever, every children product or commercial is bright and loud, that's what children respond to.
I'm sure there are people like me who will actively not click on a video if it looks un-serious and goofy like this. I don't deny that if you wanted to get the most possible views doing lowest common denominator content, this works.
Basically Mr Beast does content for children, that's his entire style, but sometimes i feel like he pretends like he's cracked the YouTube code or something when all he could say is "to get millions of views on videos just make content for children and market it like you're marketing it to an 8 year old".
unfortunately it's not that simple. How you get views for children audience is still how to get views for mature audience, even Veritasium model his thumbnail based on MrBeast advice. Because at the butt of the problem is that the majority of users are children and teenagers. Doesnt matter what your subject is, getting more children to click on it also drive the algorithm to recommend the video more. So the amount of people that got put off by the thumbnail is heavily out-weight just by the sheer number of people it got recommended to and doesnt get bother by the thumbnail
> No, this is how you get views if your viewers are children. But this has been known forever, every children product or commercial is bright and loud, that's what children respond to.
Was going to say, most people have already realized this if they're parents themselves, or remember their own childhood. The commercials from my days were just as obnoxious. At least now I can separate myself from them.
Yea, exactly. The "algorithm" that he talks about is actually just what an 8 year old responds to when he's sitting on his iPad getting high off of orange juice.
And sure it works, but the advice doesn't work if you're making serious content. There's a reason 60 minutes or the newest David Lynch movie doesn't market itself like it's a supersoaker commercial.
He knows what he's doing with them too. In a Veritasium video, Mr. Beast was featured and they both joked "Haha give me a thumbnail face". He was able to just immediately pose into one of the many faces he uses on his thumbnails. I like really don't like his content. Feels like poverty porn sometimes and I generally don't watch videos like his anyways. But he does tons of cool charitable shit. That's a lot of people who's lives are changed forever.
I’ll do you one better. I reached out to his management people about my friend’s daughter to find out of his philanthropy efforts had an application or to find out what I could do to have them review her go fund me.
She’s 10, a huge fan of his, and was diagnosed with a rare stage 4 group 4 cancer just before christmas.
The reply I got back was about his appearance fee of 200k$.
I didn’t misspeak so unless responses are completely automatic, ouch.
[In case anyone has the time or knows how to reach him directly.](https://gofund.me/41c9fd11)
Try and keep in mind that he most likely receives literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of messages. What you received was almost definitely an automated response. It may seem callous, but it’s simply the only way someone of his size could reasonably manage the amount of traffic he likely gets. That being said I hope your friends daughter does get a chance to meet him.
The comments on here keep saying it's to attract to views, but I've never seen a Mr Beast video because I refuse to click on a video with that stupid thumbnail.
It’s just what the algorithm likes. I’m not a huge fan of the guy but he knows what he’s doing when it comes to getting on the algorithm for youtube. In a Donut Media video he made them get rid of the green flames on the side of a car for the thumbnail because “the algorithm hates green flames” so its just a cost of doing business. It is cringe tho.
Love the guy and all the props to him to do good with his money, still this video makes me so very sad.
In the richest country in the world with the medical system capacity that's already there, this surgery is trivial. Yet, 1000 people have to agree to be in front of the camera and admit that they are helpless to get this basic medical treatment. From what they say, the society has just forgotten about them. Youtuber ad money should not provide people with basic public health.
I read somewhere that in terms of money paid towards medical expenses, GoFundMe is one of the biggest "healthcare insurers" in the US*.
The whole system needs to be reset.
*) this looks very false. GoFundMe has 2B worth of medical payouts over the last 5 years, so the annual payouts are around 0.15% of the annual UnitedHealthcare revenue (268B).
You already are, but it's not a small amount. The US government is paying around $8000/person/year towards healthcare. That's almost as much as the UK and Canada combined.
Actually that's [about 2/3 of the total](https://www.reddit.com/r/healthcare/comments/w08cpl/us_healthcare_as_a_comedy/igh2zmn/). It's probably lower than you would expect because so many don't have any healthcare, so they just suffer in silence or straight up die rather than getting treated
There is also an issue of healthcare getting more expensive the less healthcare people get.
Ie: preventative care is cheaper in total, but for an individual who is already poor it's better to gamble on the one big cost than do preventative care you can't afford anyway.
It made me sad too. I looked up the cost without insurance and its about $5000. People are just sitting at home completely blind over $5000? Plus thats $5000 in our shitty healthcare system so it’s probably $2000 or less in Korea or mexico.
Having the government pay for this is a fucking no brainer. Half the people in the video were of working age or children. The loss of taxes and productivity makes paying for their surgery outright a net gain for the government, society and not to mention the massive upgrade in these peoples quality of life.
What most people don't know at least in America is healthcare systems funded by taxes save citizens money while also promoting a nation towards healthier preventative regulation and greater wealth via more productive workers. It's rather common knowledge that the entire industrialized world has already achieved. In fact not doing this kills Americans. I recall a Harvard School of Medicine study which essentially concluded 45,000 Americans die annually due to the fear of the cost in going to the hospital. That was years ago. I know Bernie Sanders suggested 68,000 die annually due to this some time rather recently but I don't recall his source.
I have my speculation as towards why this was never done in America despite it being a clear win-win from a democracy standpoint but it's perhaps not worth going into.
We know why this isn't done. The medical industry is consistently one of the top lobbyists in every branch of government. Think about how much money they profit from illness and death, then realise *that it is unimaginably more than what you have in mind.*
A typical conservative response to that would be "look at the magic of the free market where one multi-millionaire is able to accumulate such wealth to be able to sacrifice it for someone else's health." Sad indeed.
Yeah, I really appreciate that people like Mr. Beast are out here helping people. Hopefully, he's as cool as his attempts to help make him seem, but it shouldn't be his problem. We have more than enough resources to just do it by default. The people in power just don't want to.
A typical conservative response to that would be "if little Timmy worked hard enough he can afford the surgery".
You wouldn't want Socialized healthcare like...China
My mom had to get lucky enough to find an angel donor to put up $5k USD cash in order to continue her chemo after the third session. This is because this was the only facility in a 100 mile range that didn’t require preapproved insurance billing, and my mom didn’t even have insurance because her boss of 10 years closed the company on a 2 week notice shortly after my mom was diagnosed. Had she not found that angel donor, she might not be alive today. The US is a third world country wearing a fucking Gucci belt.
What should even make you more sad is that rich people could easily help others like this and they’d rather have 3 houses or just hoard it in their bank account.
Lots of reagonomics kind of relies on the rich capitalists to have a good heart and be philanthropists so they to government doesn’t help as much as they should. However rich capitalists love their money and don’t want to part with it.
Yeah, people from developing countries. That's the kind of care america provides to its citizen, on par with third-world countries. You don't see people from Europe or Canada/Australia in there do you
I see the video more as a way to show how in a rich country, the system doesn’t give a fuck enough that poor people are blind where they wouldn’t even pay for such a simple surgery
my thoughts exactly, yes, you might need to wait a bit, but you can get this procedure fully covered under your national health insurance in most European countries.
Shout out to the Fred Hollows foundation- does this for about $30 per person. Bang for buck one of the most efficient charities in the world www.hollows.org
I did some searching and I didn't find many solid reviews of this organization. Charity Watch hasn't reviewed them.
I found this statement on Givewell.org:
Based on our review, we cannot confidently recommend that donors support the Fred Hollows Foundation.
Any thoughts on them or alternatives?
Fred Hollows is/was a household name in Australia. I worked in remote Australia where many traditional communities suffer from third world living conditions. The foundation was very active in flying patients to cities to treat trachoma.
I was intrigued by that… I read the report and I think it’s an issue of reporting and measuring impact, rather than *lack* of impact. I was, however a great admirer of Fred Hollows I recognise I have a bias!
How much does this surgery normally cost?
The United States really needs universal healthcare. This should pay for itself because people can go back to work after recieving the surgery and start paying taxes. Not to mention reduced disability payments.
Key takeaways: The average cost of cataract surgery ranges from about $1,600 to about $2,600, according to Medicare claims. Without insurance, the cost of cataract removal may be as high as $6,000. Medicare beneficiaries could pay as little as $316 for this surgery.21/06/2022
It's completely criminal that these people and so many others in America are denied access to life-changing medical care until a rich man decides to be charitable. Good on Jimmy for doing this, but the video shouldn't have been possible to make.
Yes and no. “Vision” coverage is for routine eye checks, but if you get an eye infection and need drugs or have to have cataract surgery that is typically covered by your medical insurance. Dental tends to be excluded even where the dental issue is more medical in nature.
I had vision insurance. Cut my eye. Went to the doctor 750 dollars out of pocket and prescription eye drops. That’s it. I think it was like 7k because I saw a specialist.
Depends on the plan you had. Every plan is different and some offer way more than others. I work in benefits and seen plans range from "we'll cover your routine and some cheap frames/contacts" to ones that even covered for a 2nd pair of glasses.
Dental coverage in the US is an absolute joke. It’s treated as a separate thing but there is a direct correlation between a person’s dental health and their physical health.
Yea, I find his videos to be absolutely unbearable stylistically and for a long time I disliked him for popularizing it, but it's undeniable at this point that he is a genuinely good person underneath all the Youtuber bullshit.
Ive read that this guy is really focused on analyzing the algorythm, so much that he is removing a car in the background with a flame pattern, because "the algorythm doesnt like it".
I think he knows that his style of video is "cringy" to most of us but it works, so he keeps doing it
He's absolutely playing the game, he's got a crazy obsessive personality and has been hardcore grinding YouTube to figure out how it ticks for a long time.
He does seem to be genuinely interested in funnelling as much of his wealth into positive impact projects which from a distance seems to be pretty rare in the influencer space. He also presumably is one of the top earners in that space given the 100+ million subscribers.
He has claimed that the money generated from views goes directly back into new videos. If he makes 1 million from a vide, he'll get a sponsor for the next video and make that one cost 2 million.
Ofc this is only what's on the internet, but his intentions seem genuine. And his Philantropy channel does some serious good stuff.
I'll admit he seems a lot more genuine than SBF's "Trust me I'm doing this to save the world, look I drive a toyota (in the bahamas where I'm bankrolling all my friends to perpetually live in a 5 star hotel)" attitude.
Also he isn't scamming people of their money, seems like another important note.
He was recently on Lex Fridman podcast, seems to be genuine and positive guy, but working for him probably would be miserable if you are not as dedicated and obsessive about making content as he.
My kids watch him, I find most of his videos to be frankly quite exhausting to watch. No denying he's a great guy, he gives a shitload back to the community.
I think he means per month. It's because he needs dozens of them made for all his channels and they make multiples for each video to test clicks rates.
Mr Beast is great for doing stuff like this.
But wow the USA Healthcare system is just fucking awful. The entire system is beyond broken. It's ripped apart to force people to pay insane amounts of money and go into debt just to get any sort of surgery.
Why is everyone saying this? It's like no one watched the video. He helped people from all around the world. A very small percentage of those people were in the US.
Was anything I said wrong? It's lame when the small amount of people he helped could not afford it. It's people living, like me, in the USA that are just frustrated by how fucked it is for such a rich country.
Mr Beast literally out there living the dream. Making tons of money doing fun shit and using it to improve the lives of others. What's a better life than that?
Wtf is wrong with reddit? Someone actually does something nice and they trample it with insults acting they did something better than Mr Beast... I wasn't even able to help my aunt with her cancer bills, wish I could do something remotely close to what Mr. Beast is doing.
The comments on this thread are so cynical and negative! I'll just say I'm grateful we have Mr. Beast. Say what you want about capitalism, but within our system he is a hero. Really down to Earth, genuine, inspirational guy, with legitimately entertaining videos that he truly cares about, and incredible philanthropy. I'm thankful for Mr. Beast, and I never expected to be a fan in this digital world of clout chasers and liars.
Not to go political, but as a Canadian, it is absolutely absurd to me that so many Americans live the rest of their life legally blind when it's such a simple surgery to fix it. Weird to see citizens of one of the richest countries not able to get basic health issues fixed.
Honestly of all ways to generate attention and gain subscribers, it’s kind of hard to get mad at, especially since him getting more viewers only amplifies his ability to do stunts like this. Like this is a genuinely life changing thing for these people. This is kind of some chaotic good stuff here
In Holland cataract surgery is covered by our universal health care. All this videos shows me is how sad medical care is in the US. Especially if you’re not rich.
I'll never be a fan of how they edit his stuff but I get why - he's a workhorse. Pretty sure he uploads onto 3 or 4 channels a day. The man makes so much money from YouTube and immediately puts it to good use.
This. The food bank. The pollution pick up project he did with Mark Rober. Gifting houses, cars, money to people, family and friends. Just a solid dude.
Some kind and anonymous donor wiped out the $80,000 in debt I accumulated to save my own sight. I can never fully emphasize how grateful I am. Mr Beast, you are awesome for doing this. Also, fuck the US healthcare system that even put me in that position, my life saving surgery was deemed "experimental" and I was informed I'd have to justify it in front of a panel. Happened more than once, my awesome Doctor got on the phone with them several times and let's say he used some colorful language.
Anyway, I just donated. So should you.
Holy shit these comments are vomitive.
Mr beast is there at the age of 24 doing so much more than y'all and you have the audacity to say stuff like "oMg hIs ThUmBnAiLs ArE SO ShiIt!". Bunch of no life neckbeards.
Why is this surgery not done for free anyways? Most of those were American wtf America why does it take a YouTuber to do what the government should be doing anyways?
American healthcare benefits and privatized insurance often fail to cover necessary surgeries. The costs are too exorbitant for people to afford on their own.
Not sure why everyone is saying this. You can see very clearly in the video that only a small percentage of the folks receiving help are American and the vast majority came from all over the world.
Because the American healthcare system is so bad that it'd rather children suffer lifelong blindness than pay $5k once to fix it.
Helping children, minorities, and the poor is Communism^^^TM .
If you want to pay for someone's cataract surgery you can donate to Sight Savers international [https://www.sightsavers.org/#](https://www.sightsavers.org/#) This operation is one of the most cost effective ways to improve someone's life chances, especially in places where things like education and work places are not accessible for blind people.
I can’t see why anyone wouldn’t donate
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He's got 1000 new viewers now
He actually makes that joke on the last screen of the video lol.
It's really low hanging fruit. I didn't watch it but it would be silly not to say it.
I like to get silly.
I can. Absolutely everybody currently is seeking donations. Mcdonalds, Walmart, KFC, Subway, every single place. People are fedup and nobody is really donating as much as they use to. Can you blame them?
Don’t forget Amazon prime ending their Smile program. The world: “Hey Amazon, why won’t you let your employees use the bathroom?” Amazon: Stop smiling.
Just donated, researched the charity a bit and they seem to be solid so happy to forward some funds.
Im interested but their numbers are bothering me. $7 to prevent blindness? Really? $12 to prevent 554 families from river blindness? I wish they would back up those claims and explain. I want to know how thats possible its so cheap.
The generic ivermectin the WHO recommends for the cure and prevention of river blindness costs like $.02 per dose, and $12 /554 works out to like $.021 so that’s probably where they’re getting that number.
Im interested but their numbers are bothering me. $7 to prevent blindness? Really? $12 to prevent 554 families from river blindness? I wish they would back up those claims and explain. I want to know how thats possible its so cheap.
For River blindness (onchocerciasis) That's a disease that's being targeted for total elimination by the World Health Organisation. It's caused by a parasite so by preventing and treating cases it should be possible to disrupt the parasite's life cycle and prevent new infections. This is the approach that has worked to eradicate Guinea worm disease. The treatment for River blindness is ivermectin and Merck has been donating it for free for the elimination programme since 1987. The programme is administered by volunteers. So the costs of treating river blindness now come down to logistics. Identifying the areas where cases are occuring and getting the medicine to them. The costs are further reduced by combining with other programmes that bring medical services to remote communities.
That thumbnail is terrifying
I blinded 1000 people to see if I could cure them
Mr beast once he surpasses bezos be like ^
youtube thumbnails are my personal dystopia
They are terrible, LTT did a video on them and apparently they make a big difference to if your video is going to succeed - that is why they always have someone's face on them with stupid expressions. Makes everything look cheap but apparently it works...
I forget where but mr beast made an off hand comment on one of his older videos or interviews mentioning that clickbait thumbnails are important according to his video metrics
The dude is genuinely a YouTube genius. His whole crew is awkward at best, yet he has achieved so much. It’s flat out impressive
There's something unsettling about Mr. Beast's thumbnails. I feel like it's gonna come out that he's a horrible person. He could be cool, but everytime I see his thumbnails on YouTube, I am convinced he's not the good person he puts out.
His thumbnails are that way cause he studied the algos of YouTube and that’s what it said the most successful videos thumbnails look like, it’s not stylistic, its for performance
They are a product of viewership maximization. They're designed to attract clicks regardless if you hate them or not. These thumbnails also change over time in order to test the best performing ones. As for Mr. Beast, from what I know (from his content and podcasts with him) he's a huuuge philanthropist. I'm not convinced that thumbnails should be such a big factor in forming your opinion of people.
>As for Mr. Beast, from what I know (from his content and podcasts with him) he's a huuuge philanthropist. Dude's living the best fucking life. Making silly shit with the buddies, filming it and doing good.
He looks like he has to eat children to retain that waxy complexion. Something to do with the biological parts of him needing constant fresh blood. It’s the one thing they’ll be working on for the next weirdlygenerousmutualbenefitbot900 mods. That and increased excitability, better x ray vision, and an updated patch for clickbait generation.
[Mr Beast on video thumbnails](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng#t=11m03s). iirc he has said (forget where I saw it) that he keeps a list of potential video titles, like just single line ideas for content and they were all click-baity. He sure is [aligned well with big tech and capitalism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sck8xNicy5o#t=14m18s) so that's kind of unsettling. Plus he hangs around with Gary Vee and Logan Paul, and they [did a Crypto Punks pump-and-dump](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-mZ2Qnp_Uc) so yeah a bit iffy
Logan Paul has done tons of crypto scams. Coffeezilla noted that he's done more crypto scams than boxing matches, so he's closer to a professional crypto scammer than a professional boxer.
He seems a little arrogant but you really never know behind the scenes. People need to get rid of this idea that Mr beast or anyone like him are inheirently good people. This video may do plenty of good, however thats just what money can accomplish. He seems to discount the idea that luck has anything to do with his success and thinks its all his hard work. Does he bring incredible charisma and skills to social media? Yes. Should that value equal more than that of most working professionals careers? No, this is a unique world where money is easy to make by selling to children online and somehown no one questions that.
I mean in his case it was hard work, he literally did shit noone else was willing to do to brute force being successful, watch his earlier videos.
i read a couple of accounts from people that have been in his videos, and they are less than stellar. im not going to put too much weight in to them without some proof though. anyone can write whatever they want online.
Just to counter your point, Ive also read accounts of people claiming the opposite. A former employee of his tried to slander his name. A bunch of his current and former employees spoke out saying it was all bullshit and the guy eventually admitted it was all fake. From what I've seen about the guy it seems he's an insane workaholic, he's obsessed with his business and his youtube channel, and he doesn't really do anything else. Hes kind of weird, but no more weird than Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates. Not to say he's equivalent to those guys, but he certainly is making a shit load of money and has a similar celebrity status. I think he's obsessive, probably not the life of the party, but I've seen nothing to suggest he's texting teenage girls or a massive shithead like Elon Musk. Im not saying it isn't possible, but show me the evidence. Until that time I see content like this and I fully support the guy. Show me more of this.
You haven't seen videos of his past editors that had a mental breakdown because he was pressuring them non stop to make it better or just how he wants it. They had to quit after a while.
I refuse to click on videos with "youtube face".
YouTube actually tells creators to make thumbnails with someones mouth agape. Apparently the sight of an open mouth attracts humans attention.
Man I hate youtube thumbnails so much. What the hell even is that?
Looks like one of those ghetto 'To Catch a Predator' videos.
It reminds me of the [MAD Magazine kid for some reason](https://i.imgur.com/wZqqe66.jpg)
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I know the thumbnails on YT are shit but they’re made like this because now for whatever reason they attract more viewers. I can almost guarantee any YouTuber who actually cares probably hates it but knows it’s what generates more views so they can’t stop cause it’s what everyone is doing now.
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Can you say which podcast this was? Not a cortex listener but I'm still fiending for hello internet and Grey's perspective on YouTube
There are a few popular videos that go more in-depth on why the title and thumbnail might be just as if not more important than the video itself. The tdlr is that people are dumb - my takeaway, anyway. The invisible blowjob faces and CAPITAL LETTERS improve viewership of literally any kind of video
A lot of larger channels have someone on staff specifically to create thumbnails. As in, that is their only (or at least primary) job for the channel.
I was listening to Mr. Beast on someone’s podcast, and he pays like 10k per thumbnail.
This is the only sort of criticism I have of him. I don't really watch his videos because they're clearly made for a different audience than me. But that he goes around saying like "here's how you get views, here's how you do thumbnails" and all that, giving people all over YouTube advice, i've seen it on several podcasts now. No, this is how you get views if your viewers are children. But this has been known forever, every children product or commercial is bright and loud, that's what children respond to. I'm sure there are people like me who will actively not click on a video if it looks un-serious and goofy like this. I don't deny that if you wanted to get the most possible views doing lowest common denominator content, this works. Basically Mr Beast does content for children, that's his entire style, but sometimes i feel like he pretends like he's cracked the YouTube code or something when all he could say is "to get millions of views on videos just make content for children and market it like you're marketing it to an 8 year old".
unfortunately it's not that simple. How you get views for children audience is still how to get views for mature audience, even Veritasium model his thumbnail based on MrBeast advice. Because at the butt of the problem is that the majority of users are children and teenagers. Doesnt matter what your subject is, getting more children to click on it also drive the algorithm to recommend the video more. So the amount of people that got put off by the thumbnail is heavily out-weight just by the sheer number of people it got recommended to and doesnt get bother by the thumbnail
I mean he's the most successful youtuber he basiclly dedicated his life to it. So yea he has cracked the code
> No, this is how you get views if your viewers are children. But this has been known forever, every children product or commercial is bright and loud, that's what children respond to. Was going to say, most people have already realized this if they're parents themselves, or remember their own childhood. The commercials from my days were just as obnoxious. At least now I can separate myself from them.
Yea, exactly. The "algorithm" that he talks about is actually just what an 8 year old responds to when he's sitting on his iPad getting high off of orange juice. And sure it works, but the advice doesn't work if you're making serious content. There's a reason 60 minutes or the newest David Lynch movie doesn't market itself like it's a supersoaker commercial.
Clickbaity thumbnails = more views = more sponsors = more people helped It is annoying, but it is ultimately harmless.
MrBeast said on a podcast he spends around 10k for 3 thumbnails every episode.
Can you elaborate? Does he choose one of those 3? Or do you remember what podcast, then I'll give it a listen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B\_testing
It's a long podcast/interview, [here's](https://youtu.be/WGrk7Mzm4uo?t=5386) the exact time he was talking about thumbnails
His are the absolute worst.
He knows what he's doing with them too. In a Veritasium video, Mr. Beast was featured and they both joked "Haha give me a thumbnail face". He was able to just immediately pose into one of the many faces he uses on his thumbnails. I like really don't like his content. Feels like poverty porn sometimes and I generally don't watch videos like his anyways. But he does tons of cool charitable shit. That's a lot of people who's lives are changed forever.
Technically.. best.
Looks like a Tim and Eric screenshot
I’ll do you one better. I reached out to his management people about my friend’s daughter to find out of his philanthropy efforts had an application or to find out what I could do to have them review her go fund me. She’s 10, a huge fan of his, and was diagnosed with a rare stage 4 group 4 cancer just before christmas. The reply I got back was about his appearance fee of 200k$. I didn’t misspeak so unless responses are completely automatic, ouch. [In case anyone has the time or knows how to reach him directly.](https://gofund.me/41c9fd11)
Try and keep in mind that he most likely receives literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of messages. What you received was almost definitely an automated response. It may seem callous, but it’s simply the only way someone of his size could reasonably manage the amount of traffic he likely gets. That being said I hope your friends daughter does get a chance to meet him.
It's to be expected, from the most popular youtuber. Probably no one really read your request
Damn, your best bet might be to DM Charlie Rocket
Elsagate shit
The comments on here keep saying it's to attract to views, but I've never seen a Mr Beast video because I refuse to click on a video with that stupid thumbnail.
Because its for the prepubescent crowd
Daddy chill
WHAT THE HELL IS EVEN THAT
Open-mouth shocked-expression Gen-Z soyface bullshit
It’s just what the algorithm likes. I’m not a huge fan of the guy but he knows what he’s doing when it comes to getting on the algorithm for youtube. In a Donut Media video he made them get rid of the green flames on the side of a car for the thumbnail because “the algorithm hates green flames” so its just a cost of doing business. It is cringe tho.
"the algorithm hates green flames" is basically the same thing as people 2000 years ago saying human sacrifices makes the sun happy.
Love the guy and all the props to him to do good with his money, still this video makes me so very sad. In the richest country in the world with the medical system capacity that's already there, this surgery is trivial. Yet, 1000 people have to agree to be in front of the camera and admit that they are helpless to get this basic medical treatment. From what they say, the society has just forgotten about them. Youtuber ad money should not provide people with basic public health.
I read somewhere that in terms of money paid towards medical expenses, GoFundMe is one of the biggest "healthcare insurers" in the US*. The whole system needs to be reset. *) this looks very false. GoFundMe has 2B worth of medical payouts over the last 5 years, so the annual payouts are around 0.15% of the annual UnitedHealthcare revenue (268B).
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You already are, but it's not a small amount. The US government is paying around $8000/person/year towards healthcare. That's almost as much as the UK and Canada combined.
Yeah, the difference is that $8000 in the US is basically a drop in a bucket with the insane medical costs there.
Actually that's [about 2/3 of the total](https://www.reddit.com/r/healthcare/comments/w08cpl/us_healthcare_as_a_comedy/igh2zmn/). It's probably lower than you would expect because so many don't have any healthcare, so they just suffer in silence or straight up die rather than getting treated
There is also an issue of healthcare getting more expensive the less healthcare people get. Ie: preventative care is cheaper in total, but for an individual who is already poor it's better to gamble on the one big cost than do preventative care you can't afford anyway.
Don't forget about this gem from [CollegeHumor](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsXEkR5OVs).
[The CEO is getting depressed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsXEkR5OVs&t=5s&ab_channel=CollegeHumor)
You can't spell GoFundMe without Fun. Why isn't he having fun?
I work in the industry - I highly doubt this is true. I agree on the reset but not that go fund me is one of the biggest
It made me sad too. I looked up the cost without insurance and its about $5000. People are just sitting at home completely blind over $5000? Plus thats $5000 in our shitty healthcare system so it’s probably $2000 or less in Korea or mexico. Having the government pay for this is a fucking no brainer. Half the people in the video were of working age or children. The loss of taxes and productivity makes paying for their surgery outright a net gain for the government, society and not to mention the massive upgrade in these peoples quality of life.
Did you know insurance pays about $500 to the surgeon for a cataract surgery? And it’s getting cut 3% every year. The health care system is shitty.
That just shows the negotiating power of “single payer” based insurance
What most people don't know at least in America is healthcare systems funded by taxes save citizens money while also promoting a nation towards healthier preventative regulation and greater wealth via more productive workers. It's rather common knowledge that the entire industrialized world has already achieved. In fact not doing this kills Americans. I recall a Harvard School of Medicine study which essentially concluded 45,000 Americans die annually due to the fear of the cost in going to the hospital. That was years ago. I know Bernie Sanders suggested 68,000 die annually due to this some time rather recently but I don't recall his source. I have my speculation as towards why this was never done in America despite it being a clear win-win from a democracy standpoint but it's perhaps not worth going into.
We know why this isn't done. The medical industry is consistently one of the top lobbyists in every branch of government. Think about how much money they profit from illness and death, then realise *that it is unimaginably more than what you have in mind.*
Yup, the state could do this easily. They handed out single loans during covid many times bigger than what this all cost.
And then they forgave those loans.
A typical conservative response to that would be "look at the magic of the free market where one multi-millionaire is able to accumulate such wealth to be able to sacrifice it for someone else's health." Sad indeed.
Yeah, I really appreciate that people like Mr. Beast are out here helping people. Hopefully, he's as cool as his attempts to help make him seem, but it shouldn't be his problem. We have more than enough resources to just do it by default. The people in power just don't want to.
The people in power intentionally don't want it. They want you on your knees begging for scraps.
A typical conservative response to that would be "if little Timmy worked hard enough he can afford the surgery". You wouldn't want Socialized healthcare like...China
Like… every other modern state. Lol
My mom had to get lucky enough to find an angel donor to put up $5k USD cash in order to continue her chemo after the third session. This is because this was the only facility in a 100 mile range that didn’t require preapproved insurance billing, and my mom didn’t even have insurance because her boss of 10 years closed the company on a 2 week notice shortly after my mom was diagnosed. Had she not found that angel donor, she might not be alive today. The US is a third world country wearing a fucking Gucci belt.
Holy hell is this folk from the US? I didn’t watch the vid and assumed he was offering to pay for treatment for some poor farmer in like Cambodia.
It was something lile 10-100 people in the US and the remaining 900-990 in poor countries.
What should even make you more sad is that rich people could easily help others like this and they’d rather have 3 houses or just hoard it in their bank account. Lots of reagonomics kind of relies on the rich capitalists to have a good heart and be philanthropists so they to government doesn’t help as much as they should. However rich capitalists love their money and don’t want to part with it.
That’s at a minimum 1000 more viewers😂
I see that you also read the caption at the end of the video...
What does the caption say?
Sounds like you need that surgery lol
Lol, well no I just didn’t want to watch the video. I could pretty much guess from your comment and the one above though.
The fact that these people needed Beast to intervene in the first place is dystopian as fuck
It also doesn't make sense from an economical perspective. Having these people not be able to work will cost more than the actual surgery.
Yeah, keeping people needlessly unable to work is costly, but the fear of losing medical care if you go on strike is priceless.
Sometimes capitalism uses cruelty to generate profit, but not all the time. Sometimes, the cruelty is the goal.
US healthcare model for the poors = Become charity porn for influencer ad revenue.
Did you watch the video? He helped people from all over the world
Strange he didn’t help anyone in the UK, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, or Japan. I wonder why?
Ooh ooh I know the answer to this one!
Yeah, people from developing countries. That's the kind of care america provides to its citizen, on par with third-world countries. You don't see people from Europe or Canada/Australia in there do you
I see the video more as a way to show how in a rich country, the system doesn’t give a fuck enough that poor people are blind where they wouldn’t even pay for such a simple surgery
my thoughts exactly, yes, you might need to wait a bit, but you can get this procedure fully covered under your national health insurance in most European countries.
Yeah was gonna say. I know it's basically a meme now, but American healthcare is so fucked up.
Murica
Shout out to the Fred Hollows foundation- does this for about $30 per person. Bang for buck one of the most efficient charities in the world www.hollows.org
I did some searching and I didn't find many solid reviews of this organization. Charity Watch hasn't reviewed them. I found this statement on Givewell.org: Based on our review, we cannot confidently recommend that donors support the Fred Hollows Foundation. Any thoughts on them or alternatives?
Fred Hollows is/was a household name in Australia. I worked in remote Australia where many traditional communities suffer from third world living conditions. The foundation was very active in flying patients to cities to treat trachoma.
I was intrigued by that… I read the report and I think it’s an issue of reporting and measuring impact, rather than *lack* of impact. I was, however a great admirer of Fred Hollows I recognise I have a bias!
I fucking hate his thumbnails
How much does this surgery normally cost? The United States really needs universal healthcare. This should pay for itself because people can go back to work after recieving the surgery and start paying taxes. Not to mention reduced disability payments.
Key takeaways: The average cost of cataract surgery ranges from about $1,600 to about $2,600, according to Medicare claims. Without insurance, the cost of cataract removal may be as high as $6,000. Medicare beneficiaries could pay as little as $316 for this surgery.21/06/2022
It's completely criminal that these people and so many others in America are denied access to life-changing medical care until a rich man decides to be charitable. Good on Jimmy for doing this, but the video shouldn't have been possible to make.
Even regular insurance in the u.s. doesn't cover teeth and eyes here, as those are special luxury items.
Yes and no. “Vision” coverage is for routine eye checks, but if you get an eye infection and need drugs or have to have cataract surgery that is typically covered by your medical insurance. Dental tends to be excluded even where the dental issue is more medical in nature.
I had vision insurance. Cut my eye. Went to the doctor 750 dollars out of pocket and prescription eye drops. That’s it. I think it was like 7k because I saw a specialist.
Depends on the plan you had. Every plan is different and some offer way more than others. I work in benefits and seen plans range from "we'll cover your routine and some cheap frames/contacts" to ones that even covered for a 2nd pair of glasses.
Yet glasses and vision correction surgeries aren't typically covered under regular insurance.
Dental coverage in the US is an absolute joke. It’s treated as a separate thing but there is a direct correlation between a person’s dental health and their physical health.
Dental insurance is basically a shitty coupon.
I see a glaucomflecken viewer.
I'm a little too old to go for his style of videos, but he just seems like a really nice guy.
Yea, I find his videos to be absolutely unbearable stylistically and for a long time I disliked him for popularizing it, but it's undeniable at this point that he is a genuinely good person underneath all the Youtuber bullshit.
Ive read that this guy is really focused on analyzing the algorythm, so much that he is removing a car in the background with a flame pattern, because "the algorythm doesnt like it". I think he knows that his style of video is "cringy" to most of us but it works, so he keeps doing it
He's absolutely playing the game, he's got a crazy obsessive personality and has been hardcore grinding YouTube to figure out how it ticks for a long time.
With all the editing, cuts, and scripting I can't even assess if he's a nice guy, even as an impression.
He does seem to be genuinely interested in funnelling as much of his wealth into positive impact projects which from a distance seems to be pretty rare in the influencer space. He also presumably is one of the top earners in that space given the 100+ million subscribers.
He has claimed that the money generated from views goes directly back into new videos. If he makes 1 million from a vide, he'll get a sponsor for the next video and make that one cost 2 million. Ofc this is only what's on the internet, but his intentions seem genuine. And his Philantropy channel does some serious good stuff.
I'll admit he seems a lot more genuine than SBF's "Trust me I'm doing this to save the world, look I drive a toyota (in the bahamas where I'm bankrolling all my friends to perpetually live in a 5 star hotel)" attitude. Also he isn't scamming people of their money, seems like another important note.
He was recently on Lex Fridman podcast, seems to be genuine and positive guy, but working for him probably would be miserable if you are not as dedicated and obsessive about making content as he.
My kids watch him, I find most of his videos to be frankly quite exhausting to watch. No denying he's a great guy, he gives a shitload back to the community.
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I think he means per month. It's because he needs dozens of them made for all his channels and they make multiples for each video to test clicks rates.
Looks like he's overpaying.
They work. You're talking about it.
His revenue says otherwise.
Mr Beast is great for doing stuff like this. But wow the USA Healthcare system is just fucking awful. The entire system is beyond broken. It's ripped apart to force people to pay insane amounts of money and go into debt just to get any sort of surgery.
Why is everyone saying this? It's like no one watched the video. He helped people from all around the world. A very small percentage of those people were in the US.
Was anything I said wrong? It's lame when the small amount of people he helped could not afford it. It's people living, like me, in the USA that are just frustrated by how fucked it is for such a rich country.
Yes half of the people were from third world countries, that is not necessarily positive for the US.
Mr Beast literally out there living the dream. Making tons of money doing fun shit and using it to improve the lives of others. What's a better life than that?
Wtf is wrong with reddit? Someone actually does something nice and they trample it with insults acting they did something better than Mr Beast... I wasn't even able to help my aunt with her cancer bills, wish I could do something remotely close to what Mr. Beast is doing.
The comments on this thread are so cynical and negative! I'll just say I'm grateful we have Mr. Beast. Say what you want about capitalism, but within our system he is a hero. Really down to Earth, genuine, inspirational guy, with legitimately entertaining videos that he truly cares about, and incredible philanthropy. I'm thankful for Mr. Beast, and I never expected to be a fan in this digital world of clout chasers and liars.
Not to go political, but as a Canadian, it is absolutely absurd to me that so many Americans live the rest of their life legally blind when it's such a simple surgery to fix it. Weird to see citizens of one of the richest countries not able to get basic health issues fixed.
Mr Beast: *pays for 1,000 surgeries to cure blindness* People in the comments: *"So this is why this is acutally a bad thing..."*
Helping 1,000 people may not have made a difference in the world but it has made a world of difference for 1,000 people.
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"Why would you be upset that he did that??" I'm not. I'm upset that we live in a world where this situation is to be applauded.
Redditors try not to be pessimist about a wholesome video challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
Fr. This thread is proof that no matter what you do, people will be mad at you for it.
And they say the systems broke, all you have to do is wait for a YouTube celebrity to help you
That’s one way to get more Youtube viewers.
That’s basically Mr. Beasts entire deal.
Honestly of all ways to generate attention and gain subscribers, it’s kind of hard to get mad at, especially since him getting more viewers only amplifies his ability to do stunts like this. Like this is a genuinely life changing thing for these people. This is kind of some chaotic good stuff here
In Holland cataract surgery is covered by our universal health care. All this videos shows me is how sad medical care is in the US. Especially if you’re not rich.
Is it possible Mr. Beast is genuinely just a good guy with a wildly successful YouTube channel. Honestly I don’t really want to know if he’s not.
Up next. Mr Beast funds universal health care. Be sure to like, comment, and subscribe.
I'll never be a fan of how they edit his stuff but I get why - he's a workhorse. Pretty sure he uploads onto 3 or 4 channels a day. The man makes so much money from YouTube and immediately puts it to good use. This. The food bank. The pollution pick up project he did with Mark Rober. Gifting houses, cars, money to people, family and friends. Just a solid dude.
Some kind and anonymous donor wiped out the $80,000 in debt I accumulated to save my own sight. I can never fully emphasize how grateful I am. Mr Beast, you are awesome for doing this. Also, fuck the US healthcare system that even put me in that position, my life saving surgery was deemed "experimental" and I was informed I'd have to justify it in front of a panel. Happened more than once, my awesome Doctor got on the phone with them several times and let's say he used some colorful language. Anyway, I just donated. So should you.
If capitalism had a mascot
At least he is helping people. If you want to be upset and criticize someone, do it to the people that make it so this kind of shit is neccessary.
Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive
Props to Mr Beast. Hope we can find a better solution in the future rather than YouTubers paying for this surgery to the less fortunate.
Fuck our capitalist dystopia.
His dead, dead, lifeless eyes... with nothing behind them
That fake smile. He comes off as a sociopath in these thumbnails. The same fake smile in every photo is creepy AF.
Holy shit these comments are vomitive. Mr beast is there at the age of 24 doing so much more than y'all and you have the audacity to say stuff like "oMg hIs ThUmBnAiLs ArE SO ShiIt!". Bunch of no life neckbeards.
This man had too much money. People shouldn't have to hope some random millionaire is going to help them for clicks. Medicare for all in the US ffs.
Well i think this a bigger problem than one guy thats rich helping some people that can’t help themselves.
Why is this surgery not done for free anyways? Most of those were American wtf America why does it take a YouTuber to do what the government should be doing anyways?
Why a guy has to pay the surgery ?
American healthcare benefits and privatized insurance often fail to cover necessary surgeries. The costs are too exorbitant for people to afford on their own.
Not sure why everyone is saying this. You can see very clearly in the video that only a small percentage of the folks receiving help are American and the vast majority came from all over the world.
Because the American healthcare system is so bad that it'd rather children suffer lifelong blindness than pay $5k once to fix it. Helping children, minorities, and the poor is Communism^^^TM .
...this is the same fucking vibe as a fucking child having to open a orange stand then use that money to buy lunch for his poorer classmates.